What’s the most impressive thing about Google? Its cool products and the fact that it’s taking over the world? Totally. Google demoed a new search feature called Conversational Search at the recently concluded Google IO conference. This feature enables you to actually ask your question to Google without hitting the microphone button in the search → Read More
Startups Need Passion like Apples Need Sunlight
More than just a nickname for New York City, the term “apple” has come to represent innovation and technology. That could be due to the glowing, half-bitten apple (logos) we see on various technologies more and more each day. While Apple, Inc. is based in Silicon Valley, there are more than 900 innovative technology companies situated → Read More
The Secret Society We Call Startups
Within the post-industrial brick walls of a growing metropolis, and hidden in abandoned warehouses, makeshift sales rooms, and reclaimed shipping departments, startups are reshaping industry without us even knowing it is happening. The New York City tech scene is a nostalgic reinterpretation of the industrial age manufacturing boom seen in the late 19th and early → Read More
The Island of Lost Toys (in Tech)
Beyond youthful energy though, behind every founder or employee was always the ping-pong table. It seemed unavoidable; every office had one. Whether the table was used on a daily basis or as the foundation of a conference table, each one was prominently placed, as if it were a badge of honor and right-of-passage into the true startup scene.
The New Incubation Philosophy: Established Companies Reduce Startup Opportunity Cost
Entrepreneurship, especially in the tech space, is becoming more popular by the day. This is so much the case that even established digital agencies and consulting companies have begun to try their hands at encouraging their staffs to become more entrepreneurial, and are focusing on building in-house entrepreneurial companies using corporate resources. This new entrepreneurship → Read More
Dear Freshmen: What iSchool Seniors Want You to Know
As you’ll hear every senior say, and as you will one day realize yourself, your four years of college will go by so fast, and you’ll have no idea where your time went. 1. Corporate isn’t everything. Look into startups and entrepreneurship. It’s important to learn how ideas form and how they grow. Hard work pays off. 2. → Read More
The New Google Hangouts App
When was the last time you used Google Talk or AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) as your primary means of online communication? I would say that for me, that was at least five years ago. The days of away messages and profile designs have been gone for a while, but Google has found a way to upgrade their chat → Read More
4 Things Successful Startups Have In Common
Over the past week I’ve been fortunate enough to sample a few of the hottest companies in the NYC startup scene. I think I left with more questions than answers, which is ultimately a good thing. Having time to converse with arguably some of the smartest people within the startup marketplace gave me insight into → Read More
What Successful Startups Have in Common
#EntreTechNYC was an exciting and jam-packed week of getting an inside look at the startup and technology scene in New York City. We talked with founders, engineers, venture capitalists, community managers, business development employees, sales representatives, recruiters, and human resource specialists who work at some of the most innovative companies in New York. Each gave → Read More
Founding a Company is Like Making a Pizza
EntreTech NYC got off to a surprisingly quick start. The schedule was front-loaded so that Day 1 included the most face-time with founders and higher-ups out of the entire week. From visionaries like Dennis Crowley and Wiley Cerilli, we were privileged to hear unique success stories about incredible companies. One of the things that stood → Read More